USS Valiant (1792)

USS Valiant was a first-rate ship of the line of the US Navy that was launched in 1792. The ship was built at Norfolk, Virginia, and the Valiant was sent to fight against French Navy ships in the Caribbean after the French First Republic began to attack American shipping. The Valiant sunk Pluton after a naval battle in the Caribbean, and the ship would proceed to sink or capture several more French ships during the Quasi-War.